LUCENA CITY – Police arrested two notorious drug pushers in separate buy-bust operations here early Thursday.
A local drug enforcement unit collared Renante Reyes after he sold a sachet of shabu (crystal meth) to an undercover police in Barangay (village) Dalahican around 4 a.m., according to Quezon police director Senior Supt. Osmundo de Guzman. He was quoting spot reports from Lucena police chief Supt. Romulo Albacea.
Authorities seized seven sachets of shabu worth a total of P4,000 in the street market.
A police agent said Reyes peddles shabu to fishermen, dock workers, tricycle drivers and youngsters in the coastal village.
In a follow-up operation, authorities also busted Jerico Manaois in another buy-bust in Barangay Ibabang Iyam around 4:45 a.m. The suspect yielded nine sachets of shabu ready for distribution to his clients in the village.
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